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Structure
Peggy DuCharme, Executive Director
Kelly Ledingham, Marketing & Programs Coordinator
vacant, Administrative & Bookeeping Assistant
Board of Management and Standing Committees -- The Downtown Rideau Board of Management consists of volunteers from the BIA business community and area stakeholders representing a variety of properties, tenants and interests including the municipal ward Councillor for the BIA area:
Downtown Rideau Board of Management
- Donna Holtom, Past Chair -- Owner, Santé Restaurant
- Jonathan Freedman -- Treasurer -- Owner, Equity Management
- Georges Bédard, Municipal Councillor
- Diane Morrison, General Manager, Ottawa Mission
- Rafael Ballester, General Manager, Novotel Hotel
- Kevin Jackson, Owner, Giant Tiger
- Bill Smith, Owner, Minglwoods Tap & Grill
- Cindy Van Buskirk , General Manager, Rideau Centre
- Mo Charania, Vice President, Jubilee Fine Jewellers
- Linda Balduzzi, Executive Director, Ottawa Arts Court Foundation
- Eric Thibault, Owner, Shoppers Drugmart
- Lynn McGuigan, Executive Director, Ottawa Little Theatre
- Michel Larose, General Manager, Caisse Populaire Rideau
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Safety Advisory Committee
- Michael Balfour (Co-Chair) - Loss Prevention, Fairmont Chateau Laurier
- Brian Kennedy (Co-Chair) - Loss Prevention Manager, Hudson's Bay Co.
- Craig Calder - Enforcement Coordinator, Ottawa Bylaw and Regulatory Services
- Gord Robinson - Superintendant, Transit Special Constable Services, OC Transpo
- Gord Diamond - Resident, St. George Condominiums
- Staff Sergeant Murray Knowles - Ottawa Police Service
- Elspeth McKay - Executive Director, Operation Go Home
- Brian McQuaid - President, M. McGrath Canada
- Bill Smith - Owner, Minglewoods Tap & Grill
- Gary Nixon - Security Manager, Viking Rideau Corp.
- Chris Pierce - GM, Quality Hotel Ottawa
- Neslon Gagnon - Chief, Corporate Security, NCC
- Frank Donati - Ottawa Fire Prevention Division
- Jim Liston, City of Ottawa, Property Assets, Arts Court
- Delores MacAdams, City of Ottawa, Special Events
- Cornelia Duck, Resident, 700 Sussex Drive
Marketing & Maintenance Committee
- Donna Williams (Chair), Theatre Manager, Arts Court
- Allanah Shields-Thompson, Marketing Director, Rideau Centre
- Michel Larose, General Manager, Caisse Populaire Rideau
- John Muggleton, Director of Marketing & Communications, Ottawa Little Theatre
- Christian Garceau, Manager, Grand & Toy, Rideau Centre
- Patrick Dault, Sales & Marketing, Novotel Hotel Ottawa
Affiliations -- as a member and participant of numerous local groups, the Downtown Rideau BIA works with other organizations to voice the concerns of business and the arts to our representatives at City Hall and other levels of government. Here is a few of these groups:
Community
- Downtown Ottawa Coalition for a Safe Community
- Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce – Member
- Ottawa Tourism – Member
- Ottawa Arts Court Foundation Board – Peggy DuCharme sits as a volunteer Director
- Downtown Rideau Safety Stakeholders Group- Rideau BIA initiative chaired by Councillor Bédard
- Rideau/Waller Working Group –Rideau BIA initiative chaired by Councillor Bedard
- Downtown Rideau Revitalization Group – Rideau BIA initiative co-chaired by Councillor Bédard -
- Ottawa BIAs – ad hoc group of Ottawa’s 11 BIAs
- Parking Operations Review – currently working with City and major Stakeholders
- Transportation Task Force
- Rideau Street Urban Design Study
- Ontario BIAs Association – Peggy DuCharme, Past-President
National
- CDN – Canadian Downtowns Network – email network group of Canadian downtown interests
- IDA – International Downtowns Association – Peggy DuCharme sits as Ex-Officio Board Member, North American Representatives, Vice-Chair Canadian Issues Task Force, Chair Canadian Downtown Symposium and Member of the Membership Committee
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